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UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist amid credible threats to his life
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UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist amid credible threats to his life

Special rapporteurs say ‘transnational repression by Indian authorities’ has put Moninder Singh in dangerUN rights experts have urged Canada to take all feasible measures to protect the Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has been repeatedly warned by the Canadian authorities of credible threats to hi...

Agence France-Press in Geneva
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Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails
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Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails

£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airportBusiness live – latest updatesGatwick airport is to start development of its second runway after campaigners lost a legal challenge to the plans.The court of appeal on Tuesday dismissed a bid by local...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Washington state Democrat who flipped pro-Trump district faces tough primary
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Washington state Democrat who flipped pro-Trump district faces tough primary

Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate who owns an auto repair shop, hopes to retain congressional seatThe two-term Democratic congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is heading into one of the country’s most closely watched contests on Tuesday after national recognition for flipping a Republic...

Lok Darjee in Vancouver, Washington
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Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity
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Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity

After a blitz of small wins, PM is finding that like Keir Starmer there is only so much he can control on the big calls UK politics live – latest updatesIf Andy Burnham wanted to demonstrate he was the anti-Keir Starmer, the first fortnight could not have gone better. Instead of painting a gloomy pi...

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
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A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train
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A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train

This evening service from London to Crewe is hot, sweaty and heaving with people, many having to stand or sit in the gangwaysThe 5.46pm train from London Euston to Crewe is the low point of Nikhil Patel’s week. “I’ve never gotten a seat. I always stand up even when I get here early,” says the 22-yea...

Sammy Gecsoyler and Amee Joshi
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Dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire
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Dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire

Passengers rescued by French and British vessels and some being taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer in FranceA dinghy carrying 157 people has capsized in the Channel after its engine caught fire at sea.They were rescued from the water by French vessels aided by two British Border Security Command boats and a...

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Michigan votes in key Senate primary as Democrats battle over party’s future
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Michigan votes in key Senate primary as Democrats battle over party’s future

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed leads in polls against centrist Haley Stevens as party looks to regain control of US SenateThe Democratic party faces a crucial test of its direction today as voters in the midwestern swing state of Michigan decide whether to nominate for US Senate a progressive candidate...

Rachel Leingang
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Colombia’s elephant-costumed anti-corruption activist sworn in as senator
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Colombia’s elephant-costumed anti-corruption activist sworn in as senator

Luis Carlos Rúa revealed himself to be Elefante blanco just three days before election for ‘his own safety’. Now he is tackling graft from senate floorWhen 102 senators were sworn in for Colombia’s latest parliamentary session, they included 32 women, 69 men – and one cartoon elephant.He had some di...

Tiago Rogero South America correspondent
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Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
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Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn

Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaignersBusiness live – latest updatesCampaigners have renewed calls for a windfall tax on UK banks that could raise £19bn towards Andy Burnham’s cost of living agenda, after HSBC raked in $10.1bn (...

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
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UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland
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UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland

A Guardian investigation finds irrigation canals polluted with microplastics in Turkey, a major destination for UK waste• ‘Nobody cares’: Turkish farmers bear the burden of UK’s plastic waste problemHigh levels of microplastics and other plastic contamination have been discovered in a waterway close...

Karen McVeigh and Ayça Aldatmaz in Adana
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Trump slams oil companies for ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran
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Trump slams oil companies for ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran

US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’Business live – latest updatesDonald Trump has criticised oil companies for “making too much money” from the global energy market disruption caused by his war on Iran.Brent crude had been tradin...

Jillian Ambrose
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About 1,000 fewer prisoners to get early release as Burnham tightens rules
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About 1,000 fewer prisoners to get early release as Burnham tightens rules

Justice secretary says ministers would have liked to block more but doing so would cause prison system to ‘break’UK politics live – latest updatesAbout 1,000 fewer prisoners will be released early after Andy Burnham’s intervention to exclude those convicted of rape, serious child sexual offences and...

Rachel Hall
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BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
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BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring

Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on recordBusiness live – latest updatesBP has reported its highest quarterly profits since the first year of Russia’s war on Ukraine because of rising oil and gas prices caused by the Middle East cri...

Jillian Ambrose
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Metro Bank customer fights for £14,000 refund after AI-linked fraud
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Metro Bank customer fights for £14,000 refund after AI-linked fraud

Lender was told money was being taken without authorisation, with cash used to buy credits for Claude chatbotA Metro Bank customer has told of his fight to get more than £14,000 back after its systems failed to stop a fraud involving the AI chatbot Claude.Zoli Rutter, a businessman from Sussex,...

Shane Hickey
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Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters
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Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters

Most of the zoo’s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summerThree lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are undergoing treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the big cats struggle in Japan’s high levels of humidity.Japan sweltered through it...

Agence France-Presse
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Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate
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Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate

In today’s newsletter: A small chorus of right-leaning critics are trying to convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular, downplaying its seriousness in the processGood morning. Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought, wildfires have burned through parts of the Ca...

Hettie O'Brien
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